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Posted on 25-11-2024 03:49
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 14-11-2011 20:02
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| dienblad |
Posted on 14-11-2011 20:28
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| Crommy |
Posted on 14-11-2011 22:52
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This is hilarious: https://inrng.com/...l-edition/
Valverde vs Truth?
For fitness though, Alejandro Valverde. The Spaniard was caught in the Operation Puerto doping bust although he’s always claimed an “injustice” here although to me the only problem was that it took a long time to catch him and others slipped through the net.
With his ban ending on 1 January Valverde has signed for Movistar. In fact he’s been training with Movistar’s riders all year, using clothing by team sponsor Nalini and riding a Movistar team-issue Pinarello. In an interview with El Pais, the Movistar team doctor tells us how much Valverde has been training:
This year we will have done 48,000 kilometres. He was less 60 kilos, less than when he finished his last Tour and he has muscles of steel, an impressive washboard stomach, the result of 3,000 sit ups a day.
If it’s 48,000km this year, that’s over 150km per day, rain or shine; if it’s over the full calendar year that’s still 130km a day. Either way the sum total is double the amount a pro normally covers. As for 3,000 sit ups per day, that’s one every 29 seconds in a 24 hour period, day and night. If you decided to do them in a block, that’d make a four hour session if you did one every five seconds.
A little pride and amplification from the Movistar medic is amusing, it made me think of Bruce Lee. But Valverde’s comeback isn’t just about regaining fitness and replicating racing conditions, it’s also a matter of recovering lost credibility. The sit up count doesn’t matter. But I’m interested to see how he addresses the media in the coming months.
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 14-11-2011 23:00
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I thought I was the shit for doing 150 sit ups a day 
...and doing 150 km a week
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| issoisso |
Posted on 14-11-2011 23:11
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Chuck "Valverde" Norris is at it again
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| mb2612 |
Posted on 14-11-2011 23:20
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Ah, but due to Valverde's unique walking style every step is actually a sit up.
Also Valverde managed the distance by driving up to the top of Sierra Nevada and then descending on the bike back down 10 times a day.
 [url=www.pcmdaily.com/forum/viewthread.php?thread_id=33182] Team Santander Media Thread[/url]
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| ember |
Posted on 15-11-2011 09:49
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The President of Venezuela will basically decide whether this year's Geox can continue next season:
https://www.bicici...p?id=44930 |
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| ember |
Posted on 15-11-2011 09:53
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Schleck96 wrote:
i want to know something about Contador and Clembuterol and that day never comes
Speaking of Contador, his case is up 21st to 24th of November, as mentioned several times on this page. Though, the case will most likely get a decision 6-8 weeks later, as the case is "complicated." We've only been waiting 14 months, obviously cycling has time to wait another 2 months for the final decision |
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| andy222c |
Posted on 16-11-2011 10:50
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Sungard stops as sponsor for the Saxo Bank - Sungard team in next season. Saxo Bank therefore is going to be solo sponsor for the Danish team which is going to be named Team Saxo Bank Professional Cycling Team in 2012
https://saxobank-sungard.com/ny_news.a...?n_id=3442
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| issoisso |
Posted on 16-11-2011 17:57
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Translation: Riis will have even less money next season
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 16-11-2011 18:04
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Can he actualy do that? I thought that he needed a 2nd (co), sponsor |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 16-11-2011 18:30
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WADA is going to challenge the British Olympic Association's lifetime Olympic ban for drugs cheats at CAS
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| kumazan |
Posted on 16-11-2011 18:40
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It shouldn't be too hard for them to make it a 'unofficial policy'.
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| Bosskardo |
Posted on 17-11-2011 06:49
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2014 WC ITT will be a blast, ending with a 9,5km climb. Can't wait 
https://www.cyclin...time-trial
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| andy222c |
Posted on 17-11-2011 07:51
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issoisso wrote:
Translation: Riis will have even less money next season
He says it won't affect the teams budget because Saxo Bank will upgrade their money to the team - Don't know if i believe in this.... But he says so
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| FreitasPCM |
Posted on 17-11-2011 19:24
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Mosquera to be given two year ban:
https://www.cyclin...o-year-ban |
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| Schleck96 |
Posted on 17-11-2011 19:26
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Mosquera says that tuesday he is going to give a press conference to say a lot of things that are "hidden" |
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| issoisso |
Posted on 17-11-2011 19:28
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Alex Rasmussen cleared. He won't be suspended
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"I love him, I think he's great. He's transformed the sport in so many ways. Every person in cycling has benefitted from Lance Armstrong, perhaps not financially but in some sense" - Bradley Wiggins on Lance Armstrong
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| YvesStevens |
Posted on 17-11-2011 19:35
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issoisso wrote:
Alex Rasmussen cleared. He won't be suspended
A shame... |
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| Crommy |
Posted on 17-11-2011 19:53
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YvesStevens wrote:
issoisso wrote:
Alex Rasmussen cleared. He won't be suspended
A shame...
UCI f*cked up by notifying him too late on the third missed test
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